diff --git a/gnome-maps.changes b/gnome-maps.changes
index eb55939..bbb2c2a 100644
--- a/gnome-maps.changes
+++ b/gnome-maps.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug  2 09:29:21 UTC 2013 - cfarrell@suse.com
+
+- license update: GPL-2.0+
+  Assuming that libgd is compiled with the rest of the GPL-2.0+ files, the
+  resulting binary is GPL-2.0+ not LGPL-2.1.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May 14 09:40:58 UTC 2013 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/gnome-maps.spec b/gnome-maps.spec
index 860fdf8..e46db40 100644
--- a/gnome-maps.spec
+++ b/gnome-maps.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 Name:           gnome-maps
 Version:        3.9.5
 Release:        0
-License:        LGPL-2.0+
+License:        GPL-2.0+
 Summary:        MAP Application for GNOME 3 
 Url:            https://live.gnome.org/Design/Apps/Maps
 Group:          Productivity/Other